36. Mac OS X specific services

This chapter describes modules that are only available on the Mac OS X platform.

See the chapters MacPython OSA Modules and Undocumented Mac OS modules for more modules, and the HOWTO Using Python on a Macintosh for a general introduction to Mac-specific Python programming.

Note

Most of the OS X APIs that these modules use are deprecated or removed in recent versions of OS X. Many are not available when Python is executing in 64-bit mode. These modules have been removed in Python 3. You should avoid using them in Python 2.

• 36.1. ic — Access to the Mac OS X Internet Config
  • 36.1.1. IC Objects
• 36.2. MacOS — Access to Mac OS interpreter features
• 36.3. macostools — Convenience routines for file manipulation
• 36.4. findertools — The finder‘s Apple Events interface
• 36.5. EasyDialogs — Basic Macintosh dialogs
  • 36.5.1. ProgressBar Objects
• 36.6. FrameWork — Interactive application framework
  • 36.6.1. Application Objects
  • 36.6.2. Window Objects
  • 36.6.3. ControlsWindow Object
  • 36.6.4. ScrolledWindow Object
  • 36.6.5. DialogWindow Objects
• 36.7. autoGIL — Global Interpreter Lock handling in event loops
• 36.8. Mac OS Toolbox Modules
  • 36.8.1. Carbon.AE — Apple Events
  • 36.8.2. Carbon.AH — Apple Help
  • 36.8.3. Carbon.App — Appearance Manager
  • 36.8.4. Carbon.Appearance — Appearance Manager constants
  • 36.8.5. Carbon.CF — Core Foundation
  • 36.8.6. Carbon.CG — Core Graphics
  • 36.8.7. Carbon.CarbonEvt — Carbon Event Manager
  • 36.8.8. Carbon.CarbonEvents — Carbon Event Manager constants
  • 36.8.9. Carbon.Cm — Component Manager
  • 36.8.10. Carbon.Components — Component Manager constants
  • 36.8.11. Carbon.ControlAccessor — Control Manager accssors
  • 36.8.12. Carbon.Controls — Control Manager constants
  • 36.8.13. Carbon.CoreFounation — CoreFounation constants
  • 36.8.14. Carbon.CoreGraphics — CoreGraphics constants
  • 36.8.15. Carbon.Ctl — Control Manager
  • 36.8.16. Carbon.Dialogs — Dialog Manager constants
  • 36.8.17. Carbon.Dlg — Dialog Manager
  • 36.8.18. Carbon.Drag — Drag and Drop Manager
  • 36.8.19. Carbon.Dragconst — Drag and Drop Manager constants
  • 36.8.20. Carbon.Events — Event Manager constants
  • 36.8.21. Carbon.Evt — Event Manager
  • 36.8.22. Carbon.File — File Manager
  • 36.8.23. Carbon.Files — File Manager constants
  • 36.8.24. Carbon.Fm — Font Manager
  • 36.8.25. Carbon.Folder — Folder Manager
  • 36.8.26. Carbon.Folders — Folder Manager constants
  • 36.8.27. Carbon.Fonts — Font Manager constants
  • 36.8.28. Carbon.Help — Help Manager
  • 36.8.29. Carbon.IBCarbon — Carbon InterfaceBuilder
  • 36.8.30. Carbon.IBCarbonRuntime — Carbon InterfaceBuilder constants
  • 36.8.31. Carbon.Icn — Carbon Icon Manager
  • 36.8.32. Carbon.Icons — Carbon Icon Manager constants
  • 36.8.33. Carbon.Launch — Carbon Launch Services
  • 36.8.34. Carbon.LaunchServices — Carbon Launch Services constants
  • 36.8.35. Carbon.List — List Manager
  • 36.8.36. Carbon.Lists — List Manager constants
  • 36.8.37. Carbon.MacHelp — Help Manager constants
  • 36.8.38. Carbon.MediaDescr — Parsers and generators for Quicktime Media descriptors
  • 36.8.39. Carbon.Menu — Menu Manager
  • 36.8.40. Carbon.Menus — Menu Manager constants
  • 36.8.41. Carbon.Mlte — MultiLingual Text Editor
  • 36.8.42. Carbon.OSA — Carbon OSA Interface
  • 36.8.43. Carbon.OSAconst — Carbon OSA Interface constants
  • 36.8.44. Carbon.QDOffscreen — QuickDraw Offscreen constants
  • 36.8.45. Carbon.Qd — QuickDraw
  • 36.8.46. Carbon.Qdoffs — QuickDraw Offscreen
  • 36.8.47. Carbon.Qt — QuickTime
  • 36.8.48. Carbon.QuickDraw — QuickDraw constants
  • 36.8.49. Carbon.QuickTime — QuickTime constants
  • 36.8.50. Carbon.Res — Resource Manager and Handles
  • 36.8.51. Carbon.Resources — Resource Manager and Handles constants
  • 36.8.52. Carbon.Scrap — Scrap Manager
  • 36.8.53. Carbon.Snd — Sound Manager
  • 36.8.54. Carbon.Sound — Sound Manager constants
  • 36.8.55. Carbon.TE — TextEdit
  • 36.8.56. Carbon.TextEdit — TextEdit constants
  • 36.8.57. Carbon.Win — Window Manager
  • 36.8.58. Carbon.Windows — Window Manager constants
• 36.9. ColorPicker — Color selection dialog